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ed by modern writers, such as Historical, Agricul- 

 tural, Medical, and Economical Botany, — they may 

 all be studied with an advantage, often essential, and 

 always important, by every one who would have his 

 ground or his intellect cultivated in the most pleasant 

 and useful manner. Picturesque or Landscape Gar- 

 dening, the period for the study of which is now 

 dawning upon our country, is a subject involving prin- 

 ciples profoundly and intricately connected with the 

 most refined and with the most recondite specula- 

 tions, which have occupied the human mind. Con- 

 scious that no notice I could now make of it, or of 

 the studies connected with it, would convey any 

 adequate or satisfactory exposition of the subject, I 

 leave it entire, for a more convenient time and a 

 more able hand. 



Such then, gentlemen, are some of the most prom- 

 inent features in the science of Horticulture, — and 

 such its associated and auxiliary studies. It is un- 

 necessary to expatiate upon the peculiar interest that 

 is attached to such pursuits, even when followed 

 merely as a recreation ; on the pleasant excitement 

 which they kindle in the youthful mind, or the ex- 

 pansion they give to the heart in more mature life ; 

 on the advantages they possess in an eminent degree, 

 of disciplining the intellectual powers, — training us 

 to habits of quick observation, accurate discrim- 

 ination, and methodical distribution of ideas; or on 

 the benign influence which they are calculated to 

 have upon the moral sentiments and conduct ; which 

 I believe to be far greater than is commonly suspe-ct- 



